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Enlist : on which side of the window are you?

Description: Prints, advertising; Image of a civilian man wearing a suit and bow tie in a darkened room looking out a window at ranks of servicemen in military uniform marching past; a large American flag waves above the troops; the poster encourages patriotism and enlistment and was used as an United States Army recruitment poster during World War I.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1917
Call number: priWWI_L_118
Provenance: Gift of Charles L. Heartwell, 1938.; Gift of Elizabeth Norris, June 2014.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

America calls enlist in the navy

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Prints, advertising; Image of Lady Liberty shaking the hand of a Navy serviceman in sailor's uniform in a circular frame; the seaman hold a gun with bayonet in his other hand; the letters "U.S.N." are printed at the figures' eye-level; the poster encourages enlistment in the United States Navy during World War I.

priWWI_L_51

U.S. Navy : "Here he is, sir." We need him and you too! Navy recruiting station

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Prints, advertising; Image of Uncle Sam shaking a woman's hand as her son holds her other hand in a scene regarding her son's enlistment; the poster encourages enlistment in the United States Navy during World War I.

priWWI_L_58

The empire needs men! The overseas states : all answer the call. Helped by the young lions the old lion defies his foes. Enlist now

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Prints, advertising; Image of a large male lion standing on a rocky outcropping surrounded by several younger lions; the poster encourages enlistment in the British armed forces during World War I.

priWWI_S_91

Fight for her : come with the Irish Canadian Rangers Overseas Battalion Montreal

Visual Materials

Prints, advertising; Image of a woman in a long dress and bonnet with a handkerchief sitting in profile in a chair in the style of James Whistler's "Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1" (also known as "Whistler's Mother"); the poster encourages enlistment with the Irish Canadian Rangers during World War I.

priWWI_S_101

Treat 'em rough : join the tanks United States Tank Corps

Visual Materials

Prints, advertising; Image of a black cat leaping aggressively towards the viewer with teeth bared and claws outstretched above a fiery and smoke-filled battleground landscape featuring tanks charging over barbed wire and shooting at each other amidst explosions; the poster encourages enlistment in the United States Tank Corps during World War I.

priWWI_L_54

Step into your place

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Prints, advertising; Image of a line of men curving off into the distance; men in the foreground are wearing clothing representative of different professions, and gradually as the line progresses their regular garb is replaced by soldiers' uniforms; everyday items like mining picks, fishing poles, and packs are replaced by rifles with bayonets attached; the poster encourages recruitment in Great Britain during World War I.

priWWI_S_107

Enlist : on which side of the window are you?

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